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Disc #1 -- About a Boy/Intolerable Cruelty
1. Chapter 1 [10:26]
2. Chapter 2 [10:35]
3. Chapter 3 [9:31]
4. Chapter 4 [10:52]
5. Chapter 5 [7:25]
6. Chapter 6 [12:29]
7. Chapter 7 [8:38]
8. Chapter 8 [11:34]
9. Chapter 9 [11:27]
10. Chapter 10 [8:13]
1. Chapter 1 [8:47]
2. Chapter 2 [3:15]
3. Chapter 3 [2:55]
4. Chapter 4 [4:23]
5. Chapter 5 [2:52]
6. Chapter 6 [4:41]
7. Chapter 7 [6:06]
8. Chapter 8 [8:41]
9. Chapter 9 [2:05]
10. Chapter 10 [2:10]
11. Chapter 11 [8:05]
12. Chapter 12 [5:35]
13. Chapter 13 [6:28]
14. Chapter 14 [4:36]
15. Chapter 15 [6:00]
16. Chapter 16 [2:45]
17. Chapter 17 [3:43]
18. Chapter 18 [2:15]
19. Chapter 19 [5:00]
20. Chapter 20 [9:06]
Disc #2 -- The Wedding Date/Prime
1. Chapter 1 [5:30]
2. Chapter 2 [3:27]
3. Chapter 3 [2:33]
4. Chapter 4 [4:47]
5. Chapter 5 [4:57]
6. Chapter 6 [6:38]
7. Chapter 7 [5:35]
8. Chapter 8 [3:18]
9. Chapter 9 [3:10]
10. Chapter 10 [4:34]
11. Chapter 11 [3:54]
12. Chapter 12 [2:34]
13. Chapter 13 [5:00]
14. Chapter 14 [2:53]
15. Chapter 15 [3:33]
16. Chapter 16 [4:39]
17. Chapter 17 [3:42]
18. Chapter 18 [3:50]
19. Chapter 19 [4:06]
20. Chapter 20 [10:08]
1. Chapter 1 [4:47]
2. Chapter 2 [5:38]
3. Chapter 3 [4:44]
4. Chapter 4 [6:16]
5. Chapter 5 [4:24]
6. Chapter 6 [4:20]
7. Chapter 7 [5:31]
8. Chapter 8 [5:16]
9. Chapter 9 [4:36]
10. Chapter 10 [8:00]
11. Chapter 11 [7:19]
12. Chapter 12 [4:33]
13. Chapter 13 [4:40]
14. Chapter 14 [5:08]
15. Chapter 15 [3:11]
16. Chapter 16 [3:04]
17. Chapter 17 [7:49]
18. Chapter 18 [4:03]
19. Chapter 19 [4:19]
20. Chapter 20 [7:40]
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Directors
Chris Weitz
Paul Weitz
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Producers
Robert De Niro
Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Jane Rosenthal
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Editors
Nick Moore
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Screen Writers
Peter Hedges
Chris Weitz
Paul Weitz
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Others
ADR Editor - Norval D. Crutcher III
Art Director - Garry Freeman
Book Author - Nick Hornby
Casting - Priscilla John
Cinematographer - Remi Adefarasin
Costume Designer - Joanna Johnston
Dialogue Editor - Norval D. Crutcher III
Executive Producer - Nick Hornby
Executive Producer - Lynn Harris
First Assistant Director - Christopher Newman
Musical Arrangement - Patrick Seymour
Production Designer - Jim Clay
Sound/Sound Designer - Tony Dawe
Sound/Sound Designer - Bill Meadows
A thoroughly pleasant but decidedly un-romantic comedy boasting another witty star turn from
Hugh Grant, this
Nick Hornby adaptation belongs to the increasingly common subgenre of hybrid British-American comedy-dramas that are easy enough going down, but may leave viewers with a few naggingly unresolved character arcs and motivations. As a funny, involving tale of redemption for a lazy, spoiled lad edging toward middle age,
"About a Boy" succeeds.
Hugh Grant is one of the few actors since
Cary Grant who can remain likeable even as he's committing near-despicable acts of dishonesty, and directors
Chris and
Paul Weitz have found a perfect foil for him in the disarmingly guileless
Nicholas Hoult. They've also managed to make their first genuinely stylish film, shot with grainy aplomb by
Remi Adefarasin (less successful are editor
Nick Moore's showy jump cuts and wipe transitions). But their script, written with
Peter Hedges, leaves something to be desired in its romantic half. By the time
"About a Boy" reveals the charming but ineffectual love interest
Rachel Weisz, audiences may be long past the point of caring if, when, or with whom its cad of a protagonist is going to settle down. It doesn't help that the luminous
Toni Collette, though saddled with a frump of a role, walks off with every scene she's in, and has unlimited depth and chemistry with
Grant. Though the
Weitz brothers have proven that they have heart to spare when it comes to their lovelorn heroes --
"American Pie" proved as much -- ultimately, they're not as democratic when it comes to some of their supporting characters, and engaging as it is,
"About a Boy" can't help but suffer as a result. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Peter Hedges : Best Adapted Screenplay - Writers Guild of America, 2002 (Nominee)
- Chris Weitz : Best Adapted Screenplay - Writers Guild of America, 2002 (Nominee)
- Paul Weitz : Best Adapted Screenplay - Writers Guild of America, 2002 (Nominee)
- Peter Hedges : Best Adapted Screenplay - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 2002 (Nominee)
- Chris Weitz : Best Adapted Screenplay - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 2002 (Nominee)
- Paul Weitz : Best Adapted Screenplay - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 2002 (Nominee)
- Hugh Grant : Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 2002 (Nominee)
- Toni Collette : Best Supporting Actress [Runner-up] - Toronto Film Critics Association, 2002 (Winner)
- Nicholas Hoult : Best Young Actor/Actress - Broadcast Film Critics Association, 2003 (Nominee)
- Nicholas Hoult : Best Young Performer - Broadcast Film Critics Association, 2002 (Nominee)
